Limewire was unable to initialize and start. HELP!!!
 

I bought the program made the exceptions in the fire wall and in norton anti
virus protection und the worm protection like the FAQ says and the program still wont initiate and start. This is quite annoying, please help. The only screen that shows up is the yellow one that has the little bar at the bottom with the limewire symbol in the middle or in other words the startup screen

I get this error message.

Limewire was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due to a firewall
program blocking Limewire's access to the internet or loopback connection on the local machine. Please allow limewire acesss to the internet and restart
limewire.

You will need to install Java and LimeWire manually First go to the first link.You can find Links to java in there Download Java to your hard drive by putting a mark in the save to disc box. Save it to my documents or wherever you save downloads from the internet. Do the same with LimeWire the second link will take you there.

Now with that done click on start then control panel add/remove programs and see if Java is listed on the list if it is uninstall it. Do the same with LimeWire if the un installers were not loaded you may have to manually delete the files. But in most cases this is not necessary.

Now click on the Java installer you saved to your hard drive and follow the instructions after you have completed that do the same with LimeWire.


http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

i did what you said to and still the same error message pops up. Initially, when I installed and used the Basic version(an older version than what is posted now) of Limewire, it worked fine with no errors. This all started when I purchased and upgraded to Pro version 4.12.06. I then tried to unistall and reinstall the Basic to see if that would work and it did not. Of course, the basic version was now version 4.12.06 and not the original one I was using. I have read other post and tried to configure the Gnutella service for port 6346 for both UDP and TCP. I am not sure if this is the right port but I chose it anyways. I have also tried to disable norton anivirus and its firewall options and also windows firewall. Again, it did not work. Got any other suggestions?

Are you going through a router

I have a Watchguard SOHO firebox and a surfboard cable modem

The Watchguard SOHO firebox has a firewall in it and will have to be configured to allow LimeWire access. The link below is to there web site the support people should be able to help you set it up.

http://www.watchguard.com/products/soho.asp